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and yet george h.w. bush went on to win the election. not just win the election, but win 40 states. 40 of the 50 states, george h.w. bush won in 1988. if anyone tells you what they know is going to happen on november 6th, i'd roll your eyes. a lot to talk about. two passionate guys representing the two ends of america's political, ideological spectrum. however, romney and obama lead the ticket. that's who people vote for on election day. >> passion and zingers and sound bites aside, in a 24/7 news cycle and only a couple days away from a very important presidential debate. how much sticking power will tonight have? >> a great question. one of the thingses that happens out of debates. what moments get replayed and replayed and replayed, not only on television but bounced around the internet, facebook, twitter. one or two of those without a doubt. the vice president's candidates, you'll hear the word middle class a lot tonight. have vice president biden try to bring the zest and energy that the president didn't bring to the first president
and yet george h.w. bush went on to win the election. not just win the election, but win 40 states. 40 of the 50 states, george h.w. bush won in 1988. if anyone tells you what they know is going to happen on november 6th, i'd roll your eyes. a lot to talk about. two passionate guys representing the two ends of america's political, ideological spectrum. however, romney and obama lead the ticket. that's who people vote for on election day. >> passion and zingers and sound bites aside, in a...
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in 1948 then vice president george h.w. bush seemed condee sending against geraldine ferraro. >> let me help you with the distance between iran and the embassy in lebanon. >> congresswoman ferraro. >> let me just say, first of all, that i almost resent vice president bush, your patronizing attitude that you have to teach me about foreign policy. >> in 1988 dan quayle's self-comparison to john f. kennedy drew this blistering response there his opponent lloyd benson. >> senator, you're no jack kennedy. >> the debate in 1992 was described as a free-for-all with dan quayle and al gore continually interrupting each other. >> in foreign countries, foreign aid -- senator, it is in your book on page -- >> vice president dick cheney and senator john edwards barely kept their debate civil in 2004 with cheney blasting edwards for his attendance record in congress. >> the first time i ever met you was when you walked on this stage tonight. >> biden is expected to go after paul ryan on issues like medicaid, social security, and foreign
in 1948 then vice president george h.w. bush seemed condee sending against geraldine ferraro. >> let me help you with the distance between iran and the embassy in lebanon. >> congresswoman ferraro. >> let me just say, first of all, that i almost resent vice president bush, your patronizing attitude that you have to teach me about foreign policy. >> in 1988 dan quayle's self-comparison to john f. kennedy drew this blistering response there his opponent lloyd benson....
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that was not as good as george w. bush in 2004 he had 44% of latino vote. romney need at least a quarter to a third of latino vote toeshs competitive in states like colorado where the debate is and that kind of thing. real quickly because i want to get to donna on this issue. what does he need to do to appeal to latino voters? >> i think latino voters need to know more about mitt romney. they know very little. precious little about him. the little they do know they don't like. he has begun to change his tone. ep needs to continue doing latino outreach and doing events, doing interviews, doing media, pouring money and resources into paid media and to outreach efforts. >> donna to that point, romney has actually moved closer to president obama on immigration issues just very recently saying he's not is going to rerocky the visas, deport young illegal immigrants under the new law here. does that present a problem to the president if he moves close center >> look we know mitt romney has a pension for etch-a-sketch. he likes to erase his previous statements and
that was not as good as george w. bush in 2004 he had 44% of latino vote. romney need at least a quarter to a third of latino vote toeshs competitive in states like colorado where the debate is and that kind of thing. real quickly because i want to get to donna on this issue. what does he need to do to appeal to latino voters? >> i think latino voters need to know more about mitt romney. they know very little. precious little about him. the little they do know they don't like. he has...
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the first town hall in 1992, george herbert walker bush didn't really do that. the key here is to connect with the audience, talk to the audience. we were talking romney campaign officials and they're confident. they say mitt romney has done a bunch of these town hall formats over the last year and a half. they think he'll do well tonight. >> we were talking with gloria borger and seeing the polls tonight, women voters are very, very important. they have to sort of work in these women issues as you point out in this piece, issues like abortion and contraception. why do they do that and how do they do that? >> think about last debate, the vice presidential debate, toward the end when paul ryan gave an answer about how the romney campaign and paul ryan himself opposed abortion rights, the female dial testing dipped off in our cnn dial testing. that happened in 2008 with john mccain when it came up in a debate. look, the obama campaign is surviving now based on their hold on african-american voters, latinos and women, particularly suburban, college educated women.
the first town hall in 1992, george herbert walker bush didn't really do that. the key here is to connect with the audience, talk to the audience. we were talking romney campaign officials and they're confident. they say mitt romney has done a bunch of these town hall formats over the last year and a half. they think he'll do well tonight. >> we were talking with gloria borger and seeing the polls tonight, women voters are very, very important. they have to sort of work in these women...
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he doesn't come from a border state like john mccain or george w. bush did. he has not done a great intense voter outreach with the latinos because he ran out of money after the primary. he -- let me just be absolutely truthful and give smu straight talk as john mccain would say. mitt romney dug himself into a hole with latinos during the primary. he said some things that are coming back to haunt him. he now needs to find a way to dig himself out of that hole. i think the only way he will do it is if he really continues the intense activity outreach with latinos, speaks to latinos a directly as he can and as often as he can between now and november 6th. he has to regain trust. >> all right. >> we have to leave it there. anna, of course, we'll be watching this, and we'll bring you back tomorrow. he will be talking to all the sing single ladies as well as other folks tonight. good to see you both. >> gracias. >> gracias. first presidential debate tonight. watch it here on cnn starting at 7:00 eastern. >> dozens of whales beach themselves. we'll find out what's
he doesn't come from a border state like john mccain or george w. bush did. he has not done a great intense voter outreach with the latinos because he ran out of money after the primary. he -- let me just be absolutely truthful and give smu straight talk as john mccain would say. mitt romney dug himself into a hole with latinos during the primary. he said some things that are coming back to haunt him. he now needs to find a way to dig himself out of that hole. i think the only way he will do it...
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that was both a hit on president obama and george bush. so a two-fer for romney. win to romney on that one. overall a good debate for president but not a knockout, carol. >> got you. back to paul. mr. romney slip-ups? >> reporter: i think the first strength is also the first weakne weakness. he played it safe. look, who won the debate? our poll indicates the president won the debate as do some other post debate polls. the president definitely won the narrative. mitt romney did not. second thing that comes to my moind is missed opportunities. a lot of us were expecting mitt romney to be more aggressive going after the president on libya, that benghazi attack and on syria but he was much more of a me, too, candidate. and finally the gender gap. we've seen the gender gap with women. the president did much better with women, women thinking that the president won the debate by double digits. carol? >> paul steinhauser, jessica yellin, thank you very much. >>> in an hour we'll talk to someone from ohio and pennsylvania. yes, it's middle-class talk back time. mike rowe h
that was both a hit on president obama and george bush. so a two-fer for romney. win to romney on that one. overall a good debate for president but not a knockout, carol. >> got you. back to paul. mr. romney slip-ups? >> reporter: i think the first strength is also the first weakne weakness. he played it safe. look, who won the debate? our poll indicates the president won the debate as do some other post debate polls. the president definitely won the narrative. mitt romney did not....
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wncht bush, the 47%, on and on and on. style questions of whether biden was too outraged and the opin n opinionated uncle at the thanksgiving table, that's another issue. the point of vow of what the campaign needed, biden delivered it, stayed on message and delivered point by point. >> i watched at my local watering hole, walked home, watched the rest of the debate. by the time i got home, people in the bar were cheering joe biden and liked his facial expressions. they liked it because they said he was being a regular guy. then the post analysis, hearing people say, you know when? paul ryan clearly won this debate. it was a disconnect from what i actually witnessed real time people watching than what the pundits were saying. and people going, what is cnn talking about? joe biden was on his game. he's trending on twitter in a good way, in a bad way, he clearly was in command of the stage last night. >> both of them performed well. paul ryan was much more confident and assured than he was in his speech, acceptance speech in
wncht bush, the 47%, on and on and on. style questions of whether biden was too outraged and the opin n opinionated uncle at the thanksgiving table, that's another issue. the point of vow of what the campaign needed, biden delivered it, stayed on message and delivered point by point. >> i watched at my local watering hole, walked home, watched the rest of the debate. by the time i got home, people in the bar were cheering joe biden and liked his facial expressions. they liked it because...
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at the first town hall-style presidential debate in 1992 president george h.w. bush repeatedly checked his watch, a sign some thought that he didn't want to be there. commentators said bill clinton walking toward the audience to answer a question about the recession highlighted his ability to connect with voters. one thing that can make it hard for a candidate to be aggressive is a question like this. >> can we focus on the issues and not the personalities and the mud? >> reporter: analysts say the format could be good for the president. >> he will absolutely be able to draw from that energy, from the energy of the public and the crowd. >> reporter: as for romney -- >> one of his big challenges during this entire campaign has been not being able to connect with the common man and woman and child. he's got to be able to come across as connecting. he's got to come across as genuine, as caring, as likable. >> it's a candidate that makes a connection with the person making the question is also i think making a better connection with the folks back home. >> reporter:
at the first town hall-style presidential debate in 1992 president george h.w. bush repeatedly checked his watch, a sign some thought that he didn't want to be there. commentators said bill clinton walking toward the audience to answer a question about the recession highlighted his ability to connect with voters. one thing that can make it hard for a candidate to be aggressive is a question like this. >> can we focus on the issues and not the personalities and the mud? >> reporter:...
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to give you an idea of just how swinging wisconsin is, these counties voted for george bush in 2000 and 2004. those same counties voted obama in '08. there are more bush to obama swing counties in wisconsin than any other state. even in the same family votes often split. >> i am voting for romney. >> you are voting for romney. >> we're making upside down stars. >> they struggled but their business grew, now in a bigger space and three new employees. >> are social issues or economic issues bigger for you? >> i have to go with economic just because of our country. but social issues are important. it isn't anybody's right to tell a woman what they can or can't do with their body. >> reporter: carol rents out most of her farmland and says she works harder than ever just to keep her head above water. >> do you have any sense of the campaign -- >> oh, yes, hot and heavy, in the mail and on the phone. >> reporter: both campaigns in overdrive working for their votes in the final stretch. we have a little breaking news. just a few hours after we shot that story the other day, these two little gu
to give you an idea of just how swinging wisconsin is, these counties voted for george bush in 2000 and 2004. those same counties voted obama in '08. there are more bush to obama swing counties in wisconsin than any other state. even in the same family votes often split. >> i am voting for romney. >> you are voting for romney. >> we're making upside down stars. >> they struggled but their business grew, now in a bigger space and three new employees. >> are social...
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. >> when george bush came na office, we had surpluses. and now we have a half a trillion dollar deficit annually. when george bush came into office, our debt, national debt was around $5 trillion. it is now over $10 trillion. we have almost doubled it. and so while it is true that nobody is completely innocent here -- >> all right, debate coach, what did the president do right or wrong there? >> well, that's it again. it is that slow stuttering approach where he has pauses and gaps. his speech has more gaps than a zapruder film. it doesn't play very well in presidential debates. he'll be debating against mitt romney. mitt is really solid, a very smooth debater. every time the president has a pause, people might think the president doesn't know what he's going to say next. he's not prepared for the question. that's the problem in the debate. >> fine line between pausing so everyone can understand what you're talking about and i suppose pausing too long. >> oh, sure. it is also one of his strengths. he's a very thoughtful person. so if you
. >> when george bush came na office, we had surpluses. and now we have a half a trillion dollar deficit annually. when george bush came into office, our debt, national debt was around $5 trillion. it is now over $10 trillion. we have almost doubled it. and so while it is true that nobody is completely innocent here -- >> all right, debate coach, what did the president do right or wrong there? >> well, that's it again. it is that slow stuttering approach where he has pauses...
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when you looked across the arab spring, i think mitt romney disagreed more with george w. bush. than he did with barack obama. he made clear he wants to see no more afghanistans, no more iraqs, doesn't see a military mission at the present time for u.s. forces in syria. and i think there was significant agreement on at least that military aspect of a strategy in dealing with the arab spring. >> max fisher of the washington post did this great write, pointing out the same exact words both men were using on syria's future. obama said, we're making sure those we help are those who will be friends of ours in the long-term. here is what romney said, we want to make sure we have relationships of friendship with the people who take assad's place, steps in the years to come we see syria as a friend. when talk about aiding the syrian rebels, the president said, we need to make absolutely certain we know who we are helping, that we're not putting arms in the hands of folks who eventually could turn them against us. romney, we do need to make sure that they don't have arms that get into th
when you looked across the arab spring, i think mitt romney disagreed more with george w. bush. than he did with barack obama. he made clear he wants to see no more afghanistans, no more iraqs, doesn't see a military mission at the present time for u.s. forces in syria. and i think there was significant agreement on at least that military aspect of a strategy in dealing with the arab spring. >> max fisher of the washington post did this great write, pointing out the same exact words both...
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she was presiding over the presidential debate of bill clinton, george w. bush, ross perot. carol, welcome back. lovely to have you back here. we were talking in the commercial break. you said you've known martha for 20-some years. as tough as they come. how tough, a? and b, as a woman, do you think she feels any extra pressure to bring it? >> you know, martha is unique in that she has faced down death. she's been in afghanistan. she's been in iraq. how scary could biden and ryan be to her? after the things that she's gone through. she is a tough, no nonsense. i don't think she's going to lose control aft debit as jim lehrer seemed to do last week. i think she feels pressure but that she'll do just fine. >> carol, i had just yesterday on the show the woman who was first to spar with paul ryan in the first major congressional debate. he was 27 or 28. here's what she told me about his debate strategy. >> what i found is someone who's very, very slick. he was able to really use the debate format basically to his own ends. he had a tendency to play fast and loose with the format
she was presiding over the presidential debate of bill clinton, george w. bush, ross perot. carol, welcome back. lovely to have you back here. we were talking in the commercial break. you said you've known martha for 20-some years. as tough as they come. how tough, a? and b, as a woman, do you think she feels any extra pressure to bring it? >> you know, martha is unique in that she has faced down death. she's been in afghanistan. she's been in iraq. how scary could biden and ryan be to...
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in 1984 then vice president george h.w. bush seemed condescending towards his opponent, congresswoman geraldine ferrara. >> let me help you with the difference, ms. ferraro, between iran and the mbembassy in leban. >> congresswoman ferraro? >> let me say first of all that i almost resent, mr. bush, your patronizing attitude that you have to teach me about foreign policy. >> reporter: in '88, dan quayle's self-comparisons to jfk drew this blistering response from his opponent, lloyd bentsen. >> senator, you're no jack kennedy. >> reporter: in 1992, it was described as a free-for-all with dan quayle and al gore continually interrupting each other. >> in foreign countries -- foreign aid. senator, it's in your book. >> reporter: vice president cheney and senator john edwards barely kept their debate civil with cheney blasting edwards for his attendance record in congress. >> the first time i ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight. >> reporter: thursday biden is expected to go after ryan on issues like medicaid, s
in 1984 then vice president george h.w. bush seemed condescending towards his opponent, congresswoman geraldine ferrara. >> let me help you with the difference, ms. ferraro, between iran and the mbembassy in leban. >> congresswoman ferraro? >> let me say first of all that i almost resent, mr. bush, your patronizing attitude that you have to teach me about foreign policy. >> reporter: in '88, dan quayle's self-comparisons to jfk drew this blistering response from his...
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probably the most memorable moment from any of the town hall debates was george h.w. bush looking at his watch while someone was asking the question, kind of out of luck, out of time in his case. >> so since president obama is the underdog, that's my "talkback" question for today, what does he need to say? is there one thing he needs to say to get voters back on his side? >> i don't think there is one thing he can say. i do not think there is any way to return the race to where it was in september where he had had a margin of comfort. i think at best now, we're talking about a dog fight all the way through to the end. but i think he has a couple different challenges tonight. first, i think above all, is to convey energy and passion that he has an agenda that would make people's lives better over the next four years. that was really missing in that first debate. i think he has to try to focus in on some of the questions that are looming over mitt romney's plans, particularly the tax plan and whether he can do the three things he says he wants to. cut tax rates 20%, not
probably the most memorable moment from any of the town hall debates was george h.w. bush looking at his watch while someone was asking the question, kind of out of luck, out of time in his case. >> so since president obama is the underdog, that's my "talkback" question for today, what does he need to say? is there one thing he needs to say to get voters back on his side? >> i don't think there is one thing he can say. i do not think there is any way to return the race to...
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in the case of george w. bush in 2006 with hurricane katrina, he campaigned as basically a compassionate conservative. but his actions during the whole katrina mess proved that he was otherwise. >> because you have that lasting image of president bush and when he said that thing about his fema director, way to go, brownie, or whatever he said. that sticks in people's minds to this day. >> right. that would be a defining sound bite of his entire presidency. granted, it's unfair, but that's what sticks in people's minds. >> in your mind, has president obama made the right move, wrong move? what do you think? >> i think he has made the appropriate move here. he hasn't been too over. that's the key here. you can't be overtly political in how you respond to these kinds of disasters. he obviously will accrue some benefits because he's acting aas commanders in chief are supposed to act and help people on a broad basis. as the remarks of governor christie of new jersey proved, this is a -- he gets bipartisan support
in the case of george w. bush in 2006 with hurricane katrina, he campaigned as basically a compassionate conservative. but his actions during the whole katrina mess proved that he was otherwise. >> because you have that lasting image of president bush and when he said that thing about his fema director, way to go, brownie, or whatever he said. that sticks in people's minds to this day. >> right. that would be a defining sound bite of his entire presidency. granted, it's unfair, but...
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. >> now we jump all the way october 2000, news broke, george w. bush had been arrested for drunk driving, granted that happened way back in the '70s. how was he able to overcome that story so close to the election? >> well, you know, he can't really overcome it. he just didn't pay a high enough price. everybody will recall, of course, that he actually lost the popular vote in that race, even though he won the electoral vote. where as he was up by about five points before that story broke. i think it is pretty clear that that cost him some votes but didn't cost him quite enough to actually cost him the election. >> so, aaron, what is our october surprise? or have we already seen it? >> i don't know we have yet. some people are talking about the debate as the october surprise. some people are talking about the jobs report. i'm not sure either of those are really a huge game changing event in and of themselves. the beauty of the october surprise is that we don't know what it is before it happens. but a lot of times these things happen, have to do wit
. >> now we jump all the way october 2000, news broke, george w. bush had been arrested for drunk driving, granted that happened way back in the '70s. how was he able to overcome that story so close to the election? >> well, you know, he can't really overcome it. he just didn't pay a high enough price. everybody will recall, of course, that he actually lost the popular vote in that race, even though he won the electoral vote. where as he was up by about five points before that story...
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herbert walker bush who is four or five inches taller than him. we to build a bubble in front of the podium for governor dukakis to stand on so he would appear relatively the same height. it is little things like that that we have to deal with. >> tell us about a little thing like that as far as this debate. the podium or the temperature in the room. >> well, you know, we try to keep the temperature at 65 degrees. i always tell my wife and daughters when they come, bring a pashmina because the hall is very, very cold. has to be with the lights and cameras. we try to keep it there. sometimes it varies. the podiums will always be the same size for the men and women who participate in these debates. and so, you know, we sit down, we work with the staff of our professional staff and then they -- each of the candidates also has a staff that is here. we walk them through, showing how things will go. as you know, we'll take both candidates through this afternoon. one on one, they'll walk through the facilities, we show them where they're going to stand t
herbert walker bush who is four or five inches taller than him. we to build a bubble in front of the podium for governor dukakis to stand on so he would appear relatively the same height. it is little things like that that we have to deal with. >> tell us about a little thing like that as far as this debate. the podium or the temperature in the room. >> well, you know, we try to keep the temperature at 65 degrees. i always tell my wife and daughters when they come, bring a pashmina...